Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarE. Arnold, 1957 - 348 pages |
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Page 204
... looked for no personal profit , and devoted their lives to fighting for their party and their theory of the constitution . These were the two men who , among all the figures of this troubled time , bore the least similarity to each ...
... looked for no personal profit , and devoted their lives to fighting for their party and their theory of the constitution . These were the two men who , among all the figures of this troubled time , bore the least similarity to each ...
Page 212
... looked so threatening , that Cato's friends besought him not to risk himself among them . But the element of personal safety never entered into his calculations . He ploughed his way through the tumultuous crowd , and found Cæsar and ...
... looked so threatening , that Cato's friends besought him not to risk himself among them . But the element of personal safety never entered into his calculations . He ploughed his way through the tumultuous crowd , and found Cæsar and ...
Page 284
... confesses to have amounted to over 1000 men . The prospects of the great adventurer looked dark : his food was giving out , his ranks were growing thin , even THE BATTLE OF DYRRHACHIUM 285 his hardy veterans were somewhat 284 POMPEY.
... confesses to have amounted to over 1000 men . The prospects of the great adventurer looked dark : his food was giving out , his ranks were growing thin , even THE BATTLE OF DYRRHACHIUM 285 his hardy veterans were somewhat 284 POMPEY.
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